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Bangladesh factory bosses: Never mind those cracks, get to work!

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Baron Scicluna, Apr 27, 2013.

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  1. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    Amazes me how little coverage huge events get when they occur in impoverished third world locations.

    Mainstream news sites like MSNBC, CNN, etc. all had barely a word about this on their front pages when last I checked, despite the fact that it is an ENORMOUS tragedy: at last count more than 340 confirmed dead with around 900 more still missing or buried under the rubble. That's over a thousand lives likely lost by this, more than a third the body count of 9/11.

    Can't imagine how huge this story would be if it occurred here or in Western Europe.
     
  2. dog eat dog world

    dog eat dog world New Member

    Because corporations hold networks by the balls with advertising, etc.
     
  3. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Meanwhile Alex Flannigan is on assignment in Oahu covering Teo
     
  4. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Does anyone here really think that Walmart would choose to NOT spend $500,000 to ensure that its name never gets drug into one of these things? Honestly ... a little bit of thought might go a long way here. Walmart et al. may have passed on the chance to set up an alternative monitoring scheme, but they didn't do so because of a measly $500K.
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    In fairness, the NYT had this on A1 for two days.
     
  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Timing can be a bitch.

    The Waco explosion got swamped by the news out of Boston.

    And, this story can't compete with the breathless coverage of the White House Correspondents Dinner.

    For something to break through, and get coverage against a story like that, it has to be something really important, like learning whether or not Jill Abramson is a meanie, or speculating about who will get mentioned in Mark Leibovich's new book.
     
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    You're delusional.

    I'd like to look at you as a principled guy, who makes bad analogies and doesn't have a firm grasp on economics.

    But, your selective take on the WWE means I can't look at you as a principled guy.

    All your principles go out the window, and you become a fanboi when it comes to to Vince McMahon and his empire.
     
  8. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Maybe they can just go down the hall to Human Resources, right? If that doesn't work, I guess their union representative is standing by, right?

    The working life is a very different monster in Third World countries.
     
  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Which priniciples? Steroids?

    I could care less who does steroids, whether it's Hulk Hogan, Barry Bonds or any NFL lineman. That's their choice. And in Hogan's and Bonds' cases, if they didn't feel principled enough to speak out on steroids, that's on them. They had the clout to effect change. Instead, they chose the money over their health, and in Hogan's case, it's coming back to haunt him in a big way.

    McMahon already was prosecuted by the federal government, which claimed he told his wrestlers to do steroids. According to the wrestlers who testified in court, he never did so. He just told them he wanted them to look good, and how they did it was up to them. He basically was guilty of turning a blind eye.

    You could also argue that the wrestlers should band together and form a union. Except Jesse Ventura and a few others already tried that in the 80s, and it failed because one wrestler agreed to it, then went behind the wrestlers' backs and told McMahon about it. That other wrestler was Hogan.

    But you seem to really care about steroids, YF. So since you do, were you still watching MLB in the late '90s/early '00s or did you, as a matter of principle, refuse?
     
  10. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    How is that any different than it being their choice to work in a dilapidated building?

    In both cases, an employer is essentially forcing employees to risk their lives for the job.
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The issue with the WWE isn't/wasn't steroids, it is the complete disregard the WWE has for the health and welfare of its performers.

    They drop dead like flies.
     
  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    How many wrestlers under the direct employ of the WWE do you think have died in the last 20 years?
     
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